US 11,807,830 B2
Surfactant compositions and use thereof
Ashish Dhawan, Aurora, IL (US); Carter Martin Silvernail, Lakeville, MN (US); Sukhwan Soontravanich, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US); Keith Allen Monk, New Braunfels, TX (US); Michael L. Braden, Huntsville, TX (US); Paige Mary Owens, Blaine, MN (US); Kerrie Elizabeth Walters, Minneapolis, MN (US); Ali Marie Bichler, Burnsville, MN (US); Izabela A. Owsik, College Station, TX (US); and David Myers, Angleton, TX (US)
Assigned to Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/819,754.
Application 17/819,754 is a continuation of application No. 16/700,843, filed on Dec. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,414,626.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/773,676, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116790 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 65/02 (2006.01); C07C 211/45 (2006.01); C07C 43/315 (2006.01); C11D 17/00 (2006.01); C11D 3/37 (2006.01); C11D 1/72 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC C11D 1/721 (2013.01) [B01D 65/02 (2013.01); C07C 43/315 (2013.01); C07C 211/45 (2013.01); C11D 3/3773 (2013.01); C11D 11/0011 (2013.01); C11D 17/0021 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
 
1. A detergent composition comprising a building agent and a surfactant, the surfactant comprising a compound having the structure of Formula 1:

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wherein
A is an optionally substituted phenyl, naphthalene, pyridine, quinoline, or isoquinoline; and
Z has a structure of moiety A or moiety B:

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wherein
X is —O—, —N(R10)—, —OC(O)—, —C(O)O—, —N(R10)C(O)—, —C(O)N(R10)—, —OC(O)O—, —OC(O)N(R10)—, —N(R10)C(O)O—, or —N(R10)C(O) N(R10)—;
n is an integer from 0 to 10;
R6 and R9 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl;
R7 is —(CH2)z-O—R11;
R8 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl;
R10 is hydrogen, alkyl, or Z;
R11 is hydrogen or alkyl;
m is independently an integer from 3 to 20; and
z is an integer from 1 to 10.